TEXAS — 22nd: ATTENTION DISTRICT DEMOCRATS: THE GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE IS NAMED DON COOK.And so we have this new bad habit brewing in Texas’s 22nd Congressional District. Various committee meetings had been held earlier in the day. The only one that produced anything of note/controversial was the SDEC Resolutions committee. They proposed a resolution relating to campaigns affiliated with someone named LaRouche (whom I got the impression is a rather nasty customer!) The resolution stated that Kesha Rogers – who has such an affiliation – does not need to be supported by Texas Democrats.Special note to Democratic voters in Texas’s 22nd Congressional District. In 2010, your 3rd Party candidate was a Libertarian. This time you have a Green Party candidate. Don Cook will also be running in the general election, as the Green Party candidate. Maybe he will be more appealing.

The round-up from the Primary election returns. Indo-American News came in with: Both candidates thanked their volunteers and supporters, but have yet to reveal their plans to run for political offices in the near future. From what I see at KP George’s website, he seems to be wanting to run again. Indeed, he says so here. (A bit of an off-statement here: George’s shoestring campaign got a boost in April after Rogers, a radical Democrat, made a bizarre statement calling for the impeachment of President Barack Obama.) Italy Responds! (or, you know, their Larouchies) We in Italy certainly hope she does go back to Glass-Steagall, there are two law proposals in this direction also in Italy. It’s the only way to stop speculation and economic collapse.AND Wow! If one of my fellow bloggers doesn’t buy up MoonColonyDemocrats.com anytime soon, I just might. Kesha Rogers won the nomination again for CD-22 against a sincere individual like KP George who had his heart in the right place, as well as the support of activist Dems. Much like some of us are wondering what the hell happened in a few Harris County races, many of my friends are doing the same in CD-22. Is it a disconnection between the Party and Dem-leaning voters?
The case of the “few Harris County races” is the same as the case of Kesha Rogers.

In the Florida Space Report… Kesha Rogers gets second billing. Lampson a Step Closer to Returning to CongressA two-time former member of Congress who has been active on space issues won a Democratic primary for another Texas district last night. [...] The man who beat Lampson in the 22nd district in 2008, Rep. Pete Olson, won the Republican primary, putting him on track to win a third term this fall. [...] Rogers, who affiliates herself with Lyndon LaRouche, appears to be running again on the theme “Save NASA, Dump Obama”; her “Space Colonization & Planetary Defense” platform calls for, among other things, — “Among other Things” is the phrase that pays.

Mother JonesI think the operative hashtag here is #DemsInDisarray.Off The KuffI don’t even know what to say.And. There are only half a dozen or so Democrats in Fort Bend County so perhaps they should get a break, but still, that’s pretty embarrassing.Yahoo News Besides Larouche, Rogers cites a number of past American presidents, including Dwight Eisenhower, Abraham Lincoln, John Quincy Adams, and GeorgeWashington, as well as former Rep. Barbara Jordan as role models. Might as well start listing I don’t know… John Byrne and Adam Ant for all this means.

Irregular Times as the Results come rolling in. Has somebody been performing scientific experiments on the Democrats in the 22nd district, leaving them unable to sense the presence of paranoid delusions in a political candidate?

Maybe it’ll get them back on Russia TV — who knows?… Still ironically, Carol Johnson Smith’s 8 percent in a primary in Indiana in 2010 was more meaningful.

From Democratic Underground: Due to the demographics, the local party was unable to recruit a strong candidate and that contributed to the loss.Again, the defeat of a weak democrat in this primary does not mean that Texas Democrats are rejecting President Obama or favor his impeachment. In Fort Bend County, we attempted to educate our voters about the dangers of the LaRouche’s candidates and these results paid off to some degree.
Speak all your bromides about the “50 State Strategy” you want, but you will hit a wall at a district which seems mostly just designed to hypothetically and retroactively hang onto Tom Delay during his corruption trials. You can’t really expect a politician with an eye toward future political success to throw their lot in this one. Still, there are some laments here –

So it doesn’t make me happy to say that if I lived in Olson’s district, I’d just have to skip the opportunity to vote against him because his Democratic opponent is high-functioning lunatic Kesha Rogers. [...] But Rogers really isn’t to blame. Cranks are cranks and she’s got as much right to put her name on a ballot as any other crackpot. That she was nominated by the Democratic Party for the second time in a row says a lot more about the combination of ignorance, nihilism, and apathy that apparently drives the Democratic voters of her district than it does about her.

Dear Liberal Editorial Writer for the Houston Chronicle by the name of Geoff Berg: Look in the Mirror. This is an editorial which should have been done before the election. Because Kesha Rogers already won in 2010. Actually what I was waiting for, taking for granted that I would see, was Houston Chronicle’s endorsement list. I never saw it. A simple sentence saying Kesha Rogers was an unacceptable choice for the nomination — worth more than a sharply barbed op-ed from the local party. It is, I will say, the reason for the line of attack we see from the cult shown with the comment section to this water-skiing squirrel Kesha Rogers campaign piece What do you get when you combine the most entertaining parts of the tea party, libertarianism, and the tin foil hat club? [...] They became slightly less fringe last week.

I did see it the endorsement line with the New Jersey race, and that was when I knew… Diane Sare was going to get swamped. Not so much because of the editorial per se, but because of the political culture we take for granted that this suggests.

NEW JERSEY 5th ROUND UP: MARK QUICK, SELF APPOINTED GUARDIAN OF THE TEA PARTY, BRINGS DIANE SARE ALL THOSE VOTES.Howie G assesses the election. Declares victory. Because the candidate who was probably benefited by losing the race (“got some experience in his first race”, will go on to the next one with a more reasonable chance in November) lost… and because in another race the candidate better associated with Clinton beat the one better associated with Obama.

North Jersey Record endorses Castle. Three Democrats are seeking the nomination to take on Garrett. They are Jason Castle, Adam Gussen and Diane Sare, a follower of Lyndon LaRouche. Given the fact Sare has called for impeaching President Obama, a rather peculiar position for a Democrat, the race for us is a two-person affair between Castle and Gussen.And that was all I wanted to see out of the Houston Chronicle. Instead, you had to go back two months to see something substantial. Because this is fun and all, this back and forth, but… no one sees it.

And in this list of Seven Races to watch… Diane Sare could not beat out Roseanne Barr presidential bid.

Actually the figure of interest that emerges out of New Jersey, and the whole thing had the feel to it of a set-up, is Mark Quick — self appointed spokesperson for New Jersey’s Tea Party from his perch as Reform Party candidate. This Conservative blogger takes Mark Quick to task.

RoseAnn Salanitri, of Sussex Tea Party fame and currently the campaign manager for United States Senate Candidate Bader Qarmout, and her one time running mate Mark Quick, a perennial candidate for various state and Federal offices, now a member of the Reform Party; are both actively supporting and encouraging others to vote for Diane Sare, a Democrat running for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th Congressional District. [...]Are there conservatives in the Democrat Party anymore? Are conservatives moving to support Lyndon LaRouche supported candidates?The answer to the first question is complicated; the second one is something like — well, there’s Mark Quick, I guess.

And here we see Mark Quick make his pitch to the Democratic voter.

Mark Quick makes the pitch to Democrats, claiming Diane Sare as the Tea Party CandidateMy personal choice is Diane Sare someone willing to take on the banks, against free trade and about Constitutional government, like her ideas or not she has a vission of a future.. The others are about keeping the fight that hurts us all. Also Diane is the only ANTI WAR candidate… My question is simple how deeply do you desire to rid our district of Scott Garrett, like it or not your going to need Tea Party support.

Hm. And Mark Quick controls that vote and will direct it to a Larouche candidate, how?

That Mark Quick sure is a King-Maker! See Daniel Burke make the pitch.

Diane Sare is the only Democrat running who is strong enough to beat Garrett – AND she has the endorsement of Reform candidate Mark Quick.

By the way, this responder loses. If I were a betting man I would wager she does not get even 10 percent of the vote today.

The Diane Sare campaign chimed in with this question:I see Diane’s campaign everywhere! How are Gussen and Castle going to win with no campaign? Got this vote! I think I’ll put my vote with Diane (and by implication with LaRouche) and vote for Glass Steagall and impeaching Obama, if Castle or Gussen can handle that then I would vote for them.
But not this one! As far as her affiliation with Larouche. Aren’t these the same people who claimed AIDS could be transferred by mosquitoes and casual contact? I wont even delve into their numerous convictions for fraud and harassment.AND And what has she done with that $30,000? As far as I can tell it’s been spent on lawn signs. Her campaign is a joke, there is no way it can be taken seriously.

A look into the campaign as it continues. Dateline East Hamton.Sare said the response he received so far on Thursday was mixed. “Some are thoughtful. One guy told me he sees through Obama.”Soonafter, a driver rode by and shouted an obscenity.

Irregular Times on Diane Sare:
Diane Sare, a follower of Lyndon LaRouche who calls liberalism a “disease”, says that global warming exists, and proposes ideas like the creation of large communities on Arctic islands and the colonization of Mars
The LaRouchies aren’t off to a good start in the Democratic primary race. Sare has less than 15 percent of the vote so far. Will Mars never be qualified?

If only it were the IT Score that mattered…What is the It Score? The It Score measure’s a politician’s digital influence.
I think LPAC drove Diane Sare’s score up, but that was just the cult talking to itself and stuff.

Larouchies making the caseDaniel Burke for “Taking the Fifth”: Make sure you include information on this page about Diane Sare, a LaRouche Democrat who is also running in the June 5th Primary. She is the only Democratic candidate with the integrity to call for the immediate impeachment of Obama for usurpation of the constitution and the FDR-style recovery necessary to save the union from destruction.

Dateline Parisipanny“It’s not a party,” said self-described activist John Scialdone, who hails from Hackensack but travels across the state to reach voters. “We are a movement.”
Indeed, it is a long-standing movement of an estimated few thousand people across the nation who support the work of Lyndon LaRouche.Dateline Hingham, Most shoppers ignored the campaigners, some gave the man and woman dirty looks, while some vehicles passing by honked their horn at them.

MICHIGAN 11th: THE DEMOCRAT’S NAME IS SYED TAJ. KNOW THE NAME TO AVOID THE GREAT TEA PARTY — LAROUCHIE RACE FROM HELL.

The irony is that Bill Roberts’s chances of winning the nomination would have been higher had the Democrats been left with little / no chance of winning the election in November — when no coverage might have propelled a blind race and a good number of low information ballot picking. Following the fiasco with McCotter, the party’s candidate — Syed Taj — is kind of a position somewhere between the two extremes of that of KP George and Barney Frank in regards to how to treat his Larouchie opponent. But we all know the problems Taj has…

Uh huhNow it is important to note that the rather bizarre candidates I mentioned may not be the congressional nominees. Most politically aware Democrats would rather see the other candidate on the ballot, Dr. Syed Taj, win the nomination. Taj is a legitimate alternative, a native of India who is now the chairman of the Department of Medicine at Oakwood Hospital; he’s also an elected trustee of Canton Township. But his name may look less familiar than William Roberts to many voters. The party clearly needs to work hard to educate people.

Not a promising sign. Not a promising sign.In a June 11 story about the race for the Michigan congressional seat held by Republican Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, The Associated Press misidentified one of the Democratic candidates. He is Dr. Syed Taj, not Dr. Taj Syed.But the campaign commences,Shifting gears quickly, Taj has set aside campaign brochures attacking McCotter as a career politician and has printed new ones warning that Roberts is a “fake Democrat.”Taj’s literature is typical of attacks by Obama Democrats against Lyndon LaRouche supporters, Roberts said.“The idea you have to take a loyalty oath to the president in order to be a candidate is ridiculous,” Roberts said. Obama, he said, “represents a clear and present danger to the nation.”While McCotter’s retirement may increase Taj’s chances of becoming a U.S. representative, Taj said he must remain focused on winning the primary and explaining Roberts’ platform. But he worries that voters picking a Democrat in the race may be more drawn to a name like “William Roberts” over “Syed Taj.”“I’m not naïve about that,” he said.

Syed Taj versus William RobertsDr. Syed Taj , a Canton Township trustee and former chief of medicine at Oakwood Hospital, put out a campaign email this week warning about his opponent, Bill Roberts of Redford Township. Titled, “Stop the Imposter!” Taj’s campaign calls Roberts a “fake Democrat” who wants to impeach President Barack Obama . It includes a picture of Roberts near a poster of the president with an Adolf Hitler moustache with the words “Impeach Obama.”Roberts is a LaRouche Democrat, inspired by activist and former presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche who’s called for Obama’s impeachment. Roberts didn’t return a phone call or email for comment Wednesday. But in a recent blog post on his campaign site, Roberts explains: “Given his many repeated violations of the Constitution, President Obama is probably over-qualified for impeachment and should therefore also be removed using section 4 of the 25th Ammendment (sic).”The winner of the Democratic primary will face the GOP nominee in November , which for the first time in a decade may not be McCotter, given the challenges of a write-in a campaign. The possibility of picking up a once expected GOP seat has Democrats singing — literally. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a “Ballad of Thad McCotter” Wednesday for the guitar-playing congressman. Some of the lyrics: “‘McCotter’s Mcfoul-up’ reads the News / A tough write-in campaign he could lose. / The cost profound; As fraud charges abound. / And Thad’s likely left singing the blues.”

Roll Call: National Democrats dispatched a staffer to Michigan’s 11th district this week — a sign that they believe their candidate, internist Syed Taj, could be competitive in the race for GOP-leaning open seat. (The Larouchies will just take this as a top down operation to bring down the Larouche Movement.)

Down With Tyranny. The Democrat in this race is a progressive doctor, Syed Taj. There’s also a deranged LaRouchie running, Bill Roberts, who will be able to compete with Bentivolio for the kook vote.

The more notices like this the better. From The ExaminerThe Democratic hope for the district is Canton Township Trustee Syed Taj, a physician. A progressive, Dr. Taj recently retired as chief of medicine at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn. He has been endorsed by Democratic Party organizations and elected officials throughout the district. Taj faces primary opposition from Redford Township resident William Roberts, who is a follower of perennial presidential candidate, conspiracy theorist and all-around nutcase Lyndon LaRouche, and therefore is not considered to be a real Democrat.

First off, Joseph Kennedy III gets on the ballot. Doesn’t post youtube video of him bringing the paperwork in — oh well. And we see there the attempt to sell the Kesha Rogers victory as meaningful thrust to Rachel Brown. It’ll be a theme propped up in Michigan and Washington’s races. (Someone tell me why I should pay attention to Dave Christie?)

The campaign is Getting some coverage. Finally.“It was completely disgusting,” said Tom Gaughan, an Army Reserve veteran who served in Iraq from 2003 to 2004 and marched as part of Monday’s parade. “For Rachel Brown to do what she did is completely disrespectful to anyone who has ever worn the uniform. The Memorial Day Parade is supposed to be something to honor the fallen soldiers as well as those who are still serving and who have served. I may not agree with Obama and what he’s done, but he’s still the commander-in-chief. Everyone in the military takes pride in serving. It just wasn’t the time for that.”When Brown passed the bandstand platform in front of the Taunton Green, parade announcer and war veteran John Fielding, who otherwise provided lively introductions for participants, simply said, “No comment.”Taunton Memorial Day Parade organizer Ernest Cardoza is a veteran himself and is a part of the Greater Taunton Allied Veterans Council, which sponsored the parade. Cardoza said “in retrospect” the sign should not have been allowed.“I wouldn’t do it again,” Cardoza said. [...] “Of the 100 things that might bother me, that’s number 192,” said Cardoza, who also pointed out that other political candidates have participated in the parade for years, and that there were several others marching in this year’s parade.When reached by phone, Brown declined to answer whether or not the sign was appropriate for the parade, instead talking about her stance on Obama’s policies.

It was during the Silver City’s otherwise grand parade that the most recent sighting of the Rachel Brown campaign was made. [...]

Some spectators and parade officials were not happy with the fact that Brown’s representatives chose to march in the parade and display a sign that, in part, read “Impeach Obama.” The mini-controversy, an unfortunate distraction from the real reason this parade and countless others like it were held last week, raises a fascinating question.

We know why parades occur on Memorial Day; to help us remember and honor those who lost their lives in the service of their country. However, the Rachel Brown incident forces us to consider the criteria used by those who organized Taunton’s parade lineup. It’s a simple question; who should be invited to march in local parades, particularly those with a serious and solemn purpose?

But ultimately, I come down on the side of those who say that politicians and candidates for office should be welcomed, but partisan political messages, regardless of ideology – left or right – are out of step with the purpose of the parade. Let them all march, each and every one, if they choose to. But leave the signs at home.

Rachel Brown had her 15 minutes of fame at that Dartmouth town meeting when she verbally tangled with Rep. Frank. You may recall that Frank famously scolded Brown, telling her, “Ma’am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table.”

That line got a lot of press. But the more important message had been stated earlier in the exchange by Frank when, reacting to Rachel Brown’s comparison between President Obama and Adolph Hitler, he called it, “a tribute to the first amendment that this kind of vile, contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated.”

Commentary from the Peanut Gallery: Perhaps it serves a purpose, after all…Voters will recall Memorial day, and shun opportunists of all stripes.‘LaRouche democrat’? What political marriage made in hell produced that abomination?

CALIFORNIA VOTES – A Summer Shields spotting

And here we get… Everything was going as planned as I was marking my selections on the ballot until I got to the section for the US House of Representatives. I supposed I could have voted for Nancy Pelosi and probably would have if there were no one more amusing to choose from, but there was one opponent named “Summer Shields” and I just couldn’t help myself.

I left the polls thinking, “Sorry Ms. Pelosi, but I had to go with the candidate most firmly committed to feminine hygiene.” What a clever boy I was and I couldn’t wait to brag about it online.

On the BART ride to work, I googled “Summer Shields” on my phone. I was surprised to learn that he is male, which is no big deal, and also found out that he is a follower of Lyndon LaRouche.

Oh dear fucking God! I actually voted for a LaRouche crazy.

Shields apparently chimes in with: Thanks for your support!!!

Considering he reportedly quit the organization, dropped from the Larouche Slate list and all… Huh.

The campaign did get some coverage here.Hey, did you know there are 25 people running for president on the California ballot, and that the full list of California candidates is 148 pages long? I sure as hell didn’t when I started writing this. I have at least scanned the whole thing and it seems to confirm my belief that it’s the presidency and the Senate that really brings them out of the woodwork. The unsurprising exception may be San Francisco, where “Summer Justice Shields” is running against Nancy Pelosi. Shields is listed as a Democrat but I see her campaign announcement was mentioned on LaRouchePAC.com. If she’s a Lyndon LaRouche supporter, then she’s a nut. (These days, LaRouche appears to be pushing something called “The Furtwängler Principle,” which I support wholeheartedly just based on the name. It also has the benefit of being totally incomprehensible.)
[...] Personally, I’m reserving judgment until I know where all these people stand on The Furtwängler Principle. Or at least what it means.

One of those cases:A 60-year-old man apparently took exception to efforts by supporters of political activist Lyndon LaRouche to encourage the impeachment of President Barack Obama in Crestline last week, and shoved a table at petition circulators.Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Capt. Rick Ells said the unidentified victims were not injured in the 3:27 p.m. incident in front of the Crestline Post Office. The perpetrator, described as a 60-year-old white male in a blue plaid shirt, was later identified but not arrested, Ells added.

Though details of the reported vandalism incident were sketchy

Prominent Larouche Internet Commenter “Macwhirr” sketches in some innuendo, to get this editorial response:I have two comments – I have no personal knowledge of this incident and I am not a 60-year-old white male (nor do I own a blue plaid shirt).
It’s hard to figure out what Macwhirr is getting at here. I suppose he theorizes that “The Media” is out against them, and is now going to “get a dose of its own medicine”,.,Details extracted further, by the perpetrator of the deed .

Next time they pollute our town with this hate-mongering trash I’m not going to tip their table…even if it is an accident…I tripped as I was walking up to it…I’m going to call upon other citizens that feel we still are a great nation and surround these people so they can not collect money for LaRouche…who by the way served prison time for stealing credit card information…and in the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi, resist these outsiders with some passive resistance.

Another of those cases. Dateline Hingham.At 10:53 a.m. a caller reported a duck and ducklings on the side of the road near the Hingham Lobster Pound on Route 3A. The caller feared that the ducks were in danger of getting hit by a vehicle and Animal Control was contacted.At 2:30 p.m. CVS on South Street reported a group of people outside the store protesting against the Obama administration. After numerous calls, police said solicitors were within their rights.

And another one of those cases, Dateline Larchmont. From my right leaning perspective, what fun watching lefty Larchmonters flip out of over the Impeach/Dump Obama signs. Earlier in the day one man, in a fit of liberal rage, knocked over their table. Comments: I love those guys…bought them lunch and gave them my card. They should come out more often

No longer can discussion of ‘one world government’ or ‘EU=USSR lite’ be confined to the late night talk radio or Alex Jones fringe, or be pushed as just something the hated Ronulans or LaRouchies came up with during their cult meetings.

Historical notes. Local Hero: Ivy Bottini… Her efforts contributed to the defeat of Proposition 64, a measure put on the ballot by Lyndon H. LaRouche, which would have restored AIDS to the list of communicable disease.